To: NormsRevenge
Unamerican bastard. Imagine what the Founders would think of this stupid, hare-brained, revenue raising scheme.
3 posted on
04/11/2008 9:56:10 AM PDT by
dashing doofus
(Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
To: dashing doofus
Do a Google search on “Whiskey Rebellion”.
To: dashing doofus
Imagine what the Founders would think of this stupid, hare-brained, revenue raising scheme. You want to be careful with that line of reasoning. Look into The Whiskey Rebellion.
George Washington himself led Federal troops to put down the insurrection.
L
7 posted on
04/11/2008 10:05:17 AM PDT by
Lurker
(Pimping my blog: http://lurkerslair-lurker.blogspot.com/)
To: dashing doofus
Imagine what the Founders would think of this stupid, hare-brained, revenue raising scheme.That's right. Why tax beer when you can tax whiskey. (And we all know what happened after that.)
9 posted on
04/11/2008 10:11:35 AM PDT by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(To the liberal, there's no sacrifice too big for somebody else to make. --FReeper popdonnelly)
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